Vodafone VDSL brings speed at no extra cost

Vodafone launched its VDSL service with the lure of offering
much faster copper broadband speeds at the same price as
existing ADSL services. The company says VDSL users will pay
the same as existing copper broadband users for the first 12
months of a contract.

The basic price of Vodafone VDSL is
$85 a month for 80GB of data. This rises to $99 for 150GB
and $109 for 250GB. You can buy these plans either with a
home phone or as naked VDSL - that's without a home
phone.

Vodafone offers discounts for On Account mobile
users. The price of a home phone Vodafone VDSL package drops
$10, while a naked VDSL plan connected to a mobile account
comes with a $30 discount. In effect that means existing
Vodafone customers can get VDSL for as little as $55 a
month.

All these prices are $10 more after 12
months.

The company says Vodafone VDSL is available now to
around 60 percent of New Zealand homes.

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